EBay to unveil further Skype tie-ins

EBay to unveil further Skype tie-ins

Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its core U.S. auction business, executives said on Sunday.

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Internet pioneers: VOIP wiretapping complicated

U.S. government efforts to require most VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) providers to permit law enforcement agencies to wiretap phone calls could introduce new cybersecurity problems to the Internet, a group of Internet security experts said Tuesday.
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Major Microsoft Patch Releases Block Infected E-Mail

Network administrators were busy today as Microsoft released its largest collection of security patches in more than a year.The monthly security update includes 21 vulnerabilities on 12 updates, the most since February 2005, said Jonathan Bitle, product manager with Qualys.

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Yahoo says e-mail worm now contained

Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) said Tuesday it has contained a malicious program aimed at the millions of people who use its e-mail service, which ranks as the world's largest.

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Wi-Fi Adapter For Smart Phone Paves Way For Mobile VoIP

Wi-Fi capability for smart phones, targeted initially for high-speed data connectivity, is beginning to spur the introduction of VoIP to mobile phone subscribers.

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Yahoo Mail Worm May Be First Of Many As Ajax Proliferates

The Yamanner worm that infested Yahoo Mail was quickly countered by making a change to the Internet servers that administer Yahoo's popular email program. Nevertheless, over a 36-hour period, the world got a glimpse of what's in store for it unless stricter measures are followed in building Web applications.

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-read full story from InternetWeek.com, June 13 2006


Residential VoIP To Boom To 44 Million Users: Report

Residential VoIP subscribers will skyrocket from 10.3 million today to 44 million in 2010, according to a new report from market research firm IDC. The report forecasts that VoIP will be used in 62% of broadband households by 2010.

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-read full story from Networkingpipeline.com, June 13 2006


MySpace may auction off search business

MySpace, the social networking phenomenon that has become one of the world's most popular Web sites, may "auction off" its search business to a major search engine operator, an executive from its parent company, News Corp., said Tuesday.

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-read full story from Infoworld.com, June 12 2006